A Council Bluffs doctor who already faces criminal charges for sexual abuse is now accused of taking explicit pictures of some of his underage patients.

A Council Bluffs doctor who already faces criminal charges for sexual abuse is now accused of taking explicit pictures of some of his underage patients.

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Updated: 10:27 PM CDT May 8, 2014

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WEBVTT AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT .. A COUNCIL BLUFFS DOCTOR -- PICTURES OF SOME OF HIS UNDER AGE PATIENTS. GOOD EVENING, I'M BRANDI PETERSEN. I'M ROB McCARTNEY. DENNIS JONES IS ALREADY FACING A CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR SEXUAL NEW CIVIL SUIT. AN ANONYMOUS PARENT SAYING..JONES RECORDED áVIDEO OF HIS LITTLE GIRL'S GENITALS, ALL WITH HIM RIGHT IN THE EXAM ROOM. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S KRISTYNA ENGDAHL..DISCOVERED NEW DOCUMENTS AND HAS THE BIG STORY AT TEN. ROB AND BRANDI..THIS CIVIL SUIT IS A áDIFFERENT FAMILY THAN THE ONE PRESSING CRIMINAL CHARGES. IDENTIFIED HERE ONLY AS JOHN, JANE AND JILL DOE.. THEIR DAUGHTER DOESN'T KNOW SHE MAY HAVE BEEN A VICTIM.. AND THEY NEVER WANT HER TO FIND OUT. BUT TONIGHT..THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE FAMILY SAYS THIS CHILD MAY NOT BE THE ONLY VICTIM OUT THERE. FOR DECADES..COUNTLESS WITH THEIR CHILDREN.. NOW A LAW-SUIT SUGGESTS DOCTOR DENNIS JONES áVIOLATED THAT TRUST.(Randy Shanks -- Attorney: This is a civil case we filed against Dr. Dennis Jones for secretly video taping one of his, the vaginal area of one of his patients during examination.) ATTORNEY RANDY SHANKS SAYS THAT EXAMINATION..OF A THEN THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL.. HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER FATHER..WITHOUT HIM KNOWING. BUT SHANKS SAYS THE VIDEO ALSO CAUGHT AN EMPLOYERS NAME WRITTEN ON DAD'S SHIRT .. SHANKS SAYS..THAT'S HOW FEDERAL AGENTS EVENTUALLY IDENTIFIED HIS CLIENT.(Randy Shanks -- Attorney: They had no clue, they had not consented, they hadn't been asked if he could video tape at all.) BUT THE QUESTION IS -- HOW WOULD A MAN, WITH SUCH PRIVATE ACCESS TO CHILDREN..MANAGE TO RECORD VIDEO ..WITH UNSUSPECTING SHANKS SAYS THE ANSWER -- A SECRET CAMERA.(Randy Shanks -- Attorney: The interesting thing about it is this little girl who was three at the time had been going to Dr.Jones since she was a little girl -- this girls mother even had Dr. Jones as her physician when she was a child.) BUT HE SAYS JONES DIDN'T áJUST USE THAT CAMERA ON HIS CLIENT. IN COURT DOCUMENTS SAYING, INVESTIGATORS UNCOVERED.. "A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY"..INCLUDING.. "NUMEROUS VIDEO-RECORDINGS OF DR. JONES EXAMINING THE PRIVATE AREAS OF HIS MINOR FEMALE PATIENTS."(Randy Shanks -- Attorney:. But they're looking at these videos they found on Dr. Jones' home computer, they saw there was a lot of child pornography and also video and images of Dr. Jones examining minor female patients in various stages of undress, vaginal areas, anal areas, breasts, things like that.) DOCTOR JONES ALSO CHARGES. CHARGES..FIRST BROUGHT AGAINST JONES IN MAY 20-13.. WHEN A LITTLE GIRL TOLD HER PARENTS THAT THE 69 YEAR-OLD WOULD "TORTURE" HER WHILE WATCHING MOVIES AT HIS HOME. SHANKS THINKS THE VIDEO IN QUESTION MAYBE ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD. AS FOR DENNIS JONES, I CONTACTED HIM THIS EVENING HE SAYS HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS CIVIL SUIT UNTIL I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT. STILL HE WOULD NOT GO ON CAMERA AND HAD NO OTHER COMMENT. THE SUIT ALSO ACCUSES JONES EMPLOYER, PHYSICIAN'S CLINIC..OF NEGLIGENCE.

Council Bluffs doctor faces civil lawsuit

A Council Bluffs doctor who already faces criminal charges for sexual abuse is now accused of taking explicit pictures of some of his underage patients.